Improvement in newspaper-folding machines



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M. H. ROGERS.

Newspaper Folding-Machine.

No. 205,301. I Patented June 25,1878.

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UNITED T T S PATENT OFFICE.

MARcUS H. RoGERs, OF GREAT' BARRINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN NEWSPAPER-FOLDING MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Eetters PatentNo. 205,301, dated June 25, 1878 application filed 7 January 14, 1878.. i A

vented anew and Improved Newspaper-Folding Machine, of which the following is a speci ficat-ion: v Figure 1 is a plan view, with parts broken away to Show the construction moreclearly. Fig. 2 is a front elevation taken in' section on line a; min: Fig. 1. .Fig. 3 'is a detail view of the gearing for moving the firstfolding-knife. Fig. 4 is a vertical section takemori line y 3 in Fig. 1, Fig. 5 is a detail view of one of the knife-actuating'canis.

My invention relates to the class of machines that are employed in folding newspapers for mailing. r A

. The'invention will first be described in connectionwith the drawing, and then pointed out in the claims. H A 1 I v I Similariletters of reference indicate corre sponding parts. V

Referring'tothe drawings, Ais the frame which supports the several parts;of the machine. In the upper portion of this frame two rollers, B B, are 'journaled a Short distance from the center of the frame; These rollers are nearly in contactwith each other, and project a small distance above the top of the frame. Uponthe top of the frameA' there is a table, made in two sections, a b, a at its in ner edge and under side being concaved to conform to the roller B, and the section I) being similarly concavedto conform to the roller B, both sections being in the same plane and level with the top of the rollers B B.

There are a number of slots, 0 c,in each section of the table, which are arranged at right angles to the rollers B B; A r J V The section b is provided with gage-pieces cl 6, that are arranged at right angles "to each other, and are adapted to receive the corner of the paper asit is delivered from the fly of the printing-press.

Tapes f pass around the roller B and under the roller B and are supported in a horizontal position by rollers g, journaled inthe side of the frame-Aw Under the section a of the table a rocking shaft, G, is jou'rnaled,to which two arms, h, are attached one at each end. These arms extend upward throughthe space between the ends the same plane with the upper surface of the tapes. A

A folding-knife, F, is supported above. the 1 space between the rollers E E by arms 41, l

which are attached to a rocking shaft, j, 'ournaled in the frame-A parallel to the r0 lers which is bent at rightangles near its free end,

and rests upon: a cam, l, on the driving-shaft H...

Below and. parallel to the rollers E E .two rollers, G G,-are journaled in an inclined plane, and tapes 0 run over the roller E and pass under "the roller E, and run over the roller G and under the roller G, and forward in a horizontal plane around guide-rollers m, journaled in the-front portion of the main frame. The lower portion ofthe tape is prevented from coming into contact with the rollers G G by a guide-roller, m.

Abovethe space between therollers G G a folding-knife, p, is supported by arms 9, that are attached to the rocking shaft 1", which is journaled in the main frame parallel to the right angles to the rollers G G, and with their upper surfaces in the same plane with the tapes 0 below the roller G. Above and parallel to the rollers I I a folding-knife, J is supported by arms u that-are attached to the rock-shaft V.

the frame A. 3 These fingers, in conjunction with the upright piecese, prevent the partlyfolded paper from being raised with the fold-- ing-knife p.

The main shaft H takes its motion from'thenection with which the folder is used, "by means of a ch ain-belt, which runs on the chainwheel d, which is loosely placed on the shaft H. The boss of this chain-wheel is provided with a finger, e, that extends over the boss of the spur-wheelf, secured to the shaft H. A lug, ,9, projects from the boss of the spur-. wheel f in position to be engaged by the. finger c. By means of this device the press. may be turned backward, when required, through the greater portion of a revolution without moving the folding-machine, and when;

the press is turned forward the folding-machine will register correctly. I

The rollerE takes its motion from the spurwheelf by a pinion, h, and a similar pinion, h, is placed on the shaft of the roller E, which meshes with the pinion h and causes the I E E and under the folding-knife F. As soon two rollers to rotate together. v By means of miter-wheels i motion is im-,

parted by theshaft H to a shaft, M, which is journaled in the frame A at right angles to, I

ion, j, on the shaft of the roller B.

The rollers I I are geared together, each being provided with a pinion, 7c, and they re;v ceive motion from the spur-wheel N through the intermediate wheels 0 1?, which turn on studs that project from the frontof the frame A. On the shaft M. a disk, Q, is secured, which carries a roller, '6, that works in an oblong aperture in the arm m that is attached to the rock-shaft c. On the shaft M two mutilatedgear-whee'ls,'n-o, are secured. The mutilated wheel 0 engages; a similar mutilated wheel, 1), on the rock-shaft O at the proper instant to throw the folding-knife D toward the rollers B B- after the paper has been deposited on the folding-table by the fly of the printingpress.

The return of the knife D is secured by the mutilated wheel a, which engages a rack, q,

' that is supported in an inclined guide, 1", and

engages, the spur-wheel S on the rock-shaft G.

In the base of the frame A there is a table,

B, which is arranged at right angles to the rollers I I, and is provided with two guides for receiving the base-piece t of the packer S.

1 yThe base-piece t is connected by a connectin g-rod, u, with an arm, t, that projects downward from the rock-shaft '0. By means of this arrangement the packer S is drawn quickly back to receive the folded paper delivered by the 1 0116551 I, and the paper is pushed slowly to the apertured table of the folding-machine by the fly of the press, this operation being facilitated by apertures 0, which permit the air to escape from underneath the paper as "the paper is carried by the fly. cylinder-shaft of the printing-press in -con-.

I The'foldin'gm achine registers with the printing-press with which it is connected, so that as the fly leaves the paper on the folding-table the knife D is brought over on the middle of the table, causin git to enter between the rollers B B, by which it is carried downward. As it passes through the rollers B B it is carried on the tapesf until it strikes the gage-fingers, supported by the bar A. This bar is adjusted by means of the screws B, so as to adapt the folder to papers of different sizes or it may be held by notches made at intervals in the side pieces that hold the guide-bar, and the bar maybe adjusted by shifting it from one notch; to another. The notched side pieces may in this case be adjusted by screws.

The'rollers E E are so arranged in relation to the rollers B B that the center of the folded paper comes over the space between the rollers as the paper comes to rest the folding-knife F drops, carrying the fold of the vpaper between the rollersE E.

The paper is carried downward, by these rollers and delivered 'to the tape 0, by which it is carried over the rollers G G until .it strikes the stop a, when the folding-knife 2 drops and makes a fold which is parallel to the fold last made. The paper is now carried forward by'the tapes 0 and supported by them until it is forced between the rollers I I by the folding-knife J. Itis carried downward by thelroller's I I, which complete the final fold and deliver the paper to the table B in front of the packer S., v

Asso fon as the folded paper strikes the table the packer is moved forward by the means already described, and returns to receive another folded paper.

The weight of the folding-knives will generally be found sufficientto eflect the folding of the paper; but should it be found insufiicient a spring may be applied,.as shown in "Fig. 5.

- It is obviousthat a table composed of slats or bars may be employed instead of the apertured table, as described.

The" advfiltages claimed for this machine are that it may be placed under the fly of an ordinary-power printing-press, and it may be used in conjunction with the press, folding the papers as fast'as they are printed.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The mutilated wheels 10 0, carried by shaft M, the mutilated wheel p, spur-wheel s, and rack q, in combination with the folding-blade, for imparting to the folding-knife D an intermitting oscillatory motion, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The roller 1 carried by the shaft M, and the apertured arm m and rock-shaft V, in

combination with the folding-knife J and packer S, substantially as herein shown and described.-

MAROUS HARMON ROGERS. Witnesses:

R. N. OoUoH, FRANK DURANT. 

